Re-routed and rebuilt ahead of the 2023 Ryder Cup, Marco Simone combines rolling Roman countryside, elevated back-nine holes and strategic risk-and-reward choices. Europe’s 16½–11½ victory gave the venue a defining place in golf history.
Designed by Bernhard Langer with European Golf Design and opened in 2010, The Dunes Course moves from seaside links-style holes to olive and citrus groves, with the Sellas River and sculpted greens shaping the round.
Royal Bled’s King’s Course is Slovenia’s historic 18-hole championship layout. First played in 1937, revived by Donald Harradine and comprehensively upgraded in 2017, it sits in an alpine setting beneath the Karavanke range.
Designed by Keith Preston and opened in 2009, Albatross Golf Resort is a par-72 championship course outside Prague. Its five teeing options and tournament history make it a major stop on the Czech golf map.
On a historic 140-hectare estate southeast of Prague, Kyle Phillips created a modern championship course that works with the land’s natural rooms and the setting of a restored Bohemian château.
Carya brings a Surrey-inspired heathland character to Belek’s pine forest. Designed by Peter Thomson with Thomson Perrett & Lobb, it is distinguished by a full 18-hole floodlighting system that makes night golf part of the experience.
Camiral’s Stadium Course opened in 1999 with Ryder Cup standards in mind. Its spectator banks, water-framed holes and demanding closing stretch now set the stage for the 2031 Ryder Cup in Girona.
Inside the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, Oitavos Dunes follows the Atlantic edge through native dunes and umbrella pines. Arthur Hills’s par-71 design is a natural-links test in which wind and ground movement shape every decision.
Opened in 1927, Morfontaine’s Grand Parcours is Tom Simpson’s 18-hole forest design within the Vallière estate: sandy ground, pine woodland, heather and a private club reserved for members and their guests.
Gil Hanse’s New Course at Les Bordes brings a modern heathland character to the Sologne: sandy rolling ground, heather, pine woodland and a private-club setting in the Loire Valley.
